[sigcomm] Call for Papers: The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013) - Co-located with ACM MobiCom'13 - Submission Deadline: May 26!

[Habib Ammari]

*The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-*

*Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013)*

*In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2013 Miami, Florida, September 30 -
October 4, 2013*

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http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ACMMiSeNet_Workshop2013.html
*<http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ACMMiSeNet_Workshop2013.html>
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*Call for Papers

*Scope and Aim of ACM MiSeNet 2013*

Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems
composed of both humans and mobile sensors (e.g., vehicle-mounted,
human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate
and coordinate to successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under
uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented sensor
networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant
architecture, caused by mobility, which has significant impact on
performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and
information quality. In such dynamic environments, sensors should
self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation,
scheduling, forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish
specific missions, while extending the operational network
lifetime. Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans
are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to monitor and report
situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand.
They also come with their own challenges including imperfect reliability,
bias, and lack of predictability. The design of mission-oriented sensor
networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for
trade-offs between several attributes such energy consumption, reliability,
fault-tolerance, data collection latency, and quality of information (such
as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of
redundancy, and level of summarization), and their impact on mission
objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities such as
free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms
to handle unpredictability, uncertainty, human error, and noise. Finally,
it should account for ways to specify mission goals and requirements.

ACM MiSeNet 2013 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and
industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented sensor network research and
practice. ACM MiSeNet 2013 serves as incubator for scientific
communities that share a particular research agenda in this area. It will
provide opportunities to understand the major technical and application
challenges as well as exchange ideas related to architecture, protocols,
algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to
warrant conference/journal publications.

ACM MiSeNet 2013 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical
ideas as well as work in-progress, which will lead to the development of
solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of
energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented networked sensing
applications.

The topics of interest to ACM MiSeNet 2013 workshop include, but are not
limited to, the following:

- Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing

- Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks

- System design, implementation, and evaluation

- Medium access control and scheduling

- Human factors, data cleaning, and noise

- Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information

- Cross-layer design

- Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing

- Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency

- Coverage and connectivity issues

- Collaboration of humans and sensors

- Deployment and localization

- Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion

- Topology control and fault-tolerance

- Routing and data dissemination

- In-network data storage and processing

- Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data

- Target detection and tracking

- Privacy and security

- Testbed design and real-world applications

- Mission goal and requirement specifications

*General Chair*
- Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA)

*Program Chair*

*- *Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

*Steering Committee*

- Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA)

- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

- Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

- Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA)

- Sajal K. Das (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

- Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA)

- David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA)

- Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA)

- Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA)

- Jie Wu (Temple University, USA)

- Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA)

- Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)

*Publicity Co-Chairs*

- Habib M. Ammari  (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

*Web Chair*

- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

*Submission Guidelines*

ACM MiSeNet 2013 Workshop will consider only original *papers* that are not
currently under review by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and
have not been published. All paperssubmitted to ACM MiSeNet 2013 will be
peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability (*i.e.*, within the
workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 6
pages.

ACM MiSeNet 2013 will also consider technical *demos and posters* that
present original and significant research within the workshop scope.
Submitted demos/posters are limited to 2 pages. In the case of a demo, the
authors should clearly specify, in an email to both of the General Chair
and Program Chair, the additional resources that are needed. Power and
wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the workshop.

All submissions should be formatted in standard ACM conference style for
publication in the conference Proceedings. They must be single-spaced,
double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between
columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed
on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one
author of each acceptedpaper/demo/poster register and attend the ACM
MiSeNet 2013
workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the ACM MobiCom
2013 conference Proceedings.

We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to
submit their fine work to ACM MiSeNet 2013.

To submit your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2013, please visit
the followingpaper/demo/poster submission website:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmmisenet2013

Thank you for submitting your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet
 2013!

*Important Dates*

- Paper Submission Deadline:              May 26, 2013

- Paper Notification Deadline:              June 21, 2013

- Demo/Poster Submission Deadline: June 22, 2013

- Demo/Poster Notification Deadline: June 25, 2013

- Camera-ready:                                      June 28, 2013

- Workshop Date:                                  October 4, 2013

*For More Information*

Please send email to mobicom_info at acm.org with any questions or comments
about the ACM MobiCom'13 conference or for more information. For questions
about the ACM MiSeNet'13 Workshop regarding the paper submission and
review process, please contact the General Chair at tlp at cse.psu.edu and the
Program Chair at hammari at umich.edu <hammari at umd.umich.edu>.

Best Regards,
Habib M. Ammari

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